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Katherine Tai on China's Place in the Global Trading System and the U.S. Response

Here are two questions/answers related to China's place in the global trading system and how the United States should deal with China, from today's House Ways and Means committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade agenda: Chairman Neal: Ambassador, when China joined the

Schweikert-Tai Exchange on WTO Dispute Settlement

At today's House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Biden administration's trade policy agenda, Congressman Schweikert and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai had the following exchange on WTO dispute settlement: Congressman Schweikert: I owe you a thank you for all your work in helping

Katherine Tai on the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism Developments

U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee today on the Biden administration's trade agenda. She was asked about the USMCA rapid response labor cases I noted in my previous post: Senator Brown: Let me talk about what you would expect me

USMCA Labor Complaints Are Heating Up

On Monday, the AFL-CIO and some other groups announced the filing of a petition under the USMCA rapid response labor mechanism (for background on this procedure, see Kathleen's post here). Now today, USTR announced that it has initiated a request for review under that mechanism on a

Call for papers for ESIL-supported colloquium on ‘International Investment Law & New Technologies’

This is from the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC): The Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) is hosting a Colloquium on ‘International Investment Law & New Technologies’ which will take place on 9 and 10 December 2021 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The Colloquium on

Call for Papers: 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021

This is from Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang and Mr. Jens Hillebrand Pohl, inviting contribution from followers of this blog: Call for Papers: 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security 1-3 December 2021 The 2021 CELIS Forum on Investment Security will be held in Warsaw from Wednesday 1 December until Friday

Biden Makes Another Good Trade Appointment in Thea Lee

The Biden Administration has appointed Thea Lee to be the Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs. This is a thoughtful appointment to an agency that has had an important trade role for at least six decades. I wish her good luck in having the labor voice heard in the

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I commend the new essay in Barron's by my colleague Susan Aarsonon "How Nations Can Build Online Trust Through Trade". Her scholarly contributions to the development of effective trade policy are always enlightening. https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-nations-can-build-online-trust-through-trade-

My Take on the Vaccine/TRIPS Waiver Issue: Buyout Pharma Now, Rebalance the IP System Later, and Meh on the Waiver

After almost two days of intense discussion on Twitter and elsewhere, here's where I am now on the issue of vaccine production and the TRIPS waiver. The most important point here is whether additional factories around the world could produce vaccines. In order to do so, they would

SIEL Conversation on Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law

From the SIEL: SIEL May ConversationThe Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) is pleased to invite you to its May Conversation entitled ‘Book Launch: Sondra Faccio, Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law. Between State Regulatory Powers and Investor Protection (Editoriale Scientifica, 2020), with Sondra Faccio (University of Trento), Prof. Giuseppe